CVE-2019-25549 (GCVE-0-2019-25549)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-21 12:46 – Updated: 2026-03-24 14:11
VLAI?
Title
VeryPDF PCL Converter 2.7 Denial of Service via PDF Security
Summary
VeryPDF PCL Converter 2.7 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively long password string. Attackers can trigger a buffer overflow by entering a 3000-byte password in the PDF Security encryption fields, causing the application to crash when processing PCL files.
Severity ?
6.9 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
6.2 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Verypdf VeryPDF PCL Converter Affected: 2.7
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Date Public ?
2019-05-20 00:00
Credits
Alejandra Sánchez
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